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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\n\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;WOLFSBURG, Germany (AP) -- Dieter Hecking left Nuremberg to take over as coach of Bundesliga rival Wolfsburg on Saturday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hecking agreed to a deal until 2016, Wolfsburg said on its website, adding that a date for the 48-year-old coach's presentation will be announced in the coming days.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hecking takes over from Lorenz-Guenther Koestner who stepped down on Thursday after his second stint as interim coach.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Koestner led Wolfsburg from bottom to 12th in the Bundesliga and into the German Cup quarterfinals after taking over following the departure of Felix Magath on Oct. 25.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nuremberg is one point above Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga at the halfway stage of the season.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;German media reports had suggested Thursday that Bernd Schuster was on the verge of signing a deal as Wolfsburg coach until 2015.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kicker magazine reported that Wolfsburg took advantage of Hecking's buy-out clause to break his contract with Nuremberg, which ran until 2014.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hecking led Alemannia Aachen to Bundesliga promotion and also coached Hannover before taking over Nuremberg during the 2009-10 winter break.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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